In Uzbekistan, the national car number monitoring system was found to be openly accessible on the internet. According to TechCrunch, any user could view data on vehicle movements, including photos and videos from road cameras. This concerns a large-scale platform used by the Department of Public Safety under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country.
The system integrates about 100 high-precision cameras installed in major cities and on key highways. They record red light violations, failure to wear seat belts, unregistered vehicles, and nighttime traffic. The cameras are located in Tashkent, Jizzakh, Kashkadarya, Namangan, and several rural areas, and the database stores millions of images and 4K videos with precise coordinates of observation points.
The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Anurag Sen, who found that access to the system was not password-protected. The platform began to take shape in the fall of 2024, and full-fledged monitoring began in 2025. The technological solution was provided by the Chinese company Maxvision, while some of the videos contain watermarks from the manufacturer Holowits. Experts note that the incident clearly demonstrates the risks to the privacy of citizens and the vulnerability of national video surveillance systems.